My very best friend is a special soul mate of mine. We were very young when we met and have gone through the emotional turmoil of life that your 20’s seem to bring.  Now – we’re older, she’s married to a stunning guy and we fully enjoy spending every moment we can together.

We spent the morning getting our hair sprayed for the Cansa Shavathon that was running that weekend, and then we hit the city, where we had a walk through an area called Woodstock – an amazing part of Cape Town, with a great atmosphere, and very interesting little shops.

The two of them have such a great relationship and its fun to spend time with them. They always pose for photos and because they are so crazy about each other  their energy shines through. Location couple shoots make for amazing shots.

Johannesburg provides just as many amazing places to shoot and next time you are thinking of doing a couple shoot, consider us doing it outside, it’s very special, it’s unique, and it will have you remember it forever.

Yolandi Jacobsz

I could share these lovely couples wedding photos for  a long time, as this wedding certainly was one the most pleasant and amazing I have ever had the privilege to shoot. Both of them are profoundly crazy about each other and in his speech the groom proclaimed how much he loves her and how he will forever try and make her happy.

She was a very beautiful bride and couldn’t stop smiling. They are both quite shy but seemed to be able to crawl out of their shells a bit on the day. We kept praying for the rain to stay away. It obeyed and only after the wedding – after having packed up and on my way home it poured down something fiercely. They made for  great couple shots and their bridal party was full of fun.

The pink colour she chose for her colour scheme made for very striking photos, as the pink came through so strongly and the bridesmaids looked lovely.

I wish Shaun & Tascha only the best; they deserve their share of happiness.

Yolandi Jacobsz

Corporate photography does  not at all have to be boring and stiff. Going with Louise to her lovely friend’s home in Johannesburg for a corporate photo shoot  turned out to be great. She was an amazing “model” as well. These days you are allowed to have a bit more of a natural look to your corporate image  and people who work with others in difficult situations  want to look approachable and friendly.

This lady has such an amazing home and instead of setting up a studio we used parts of her home for a bit more of a natural backdrop. It’s our  responsibility to help all of our clients get  the image they need.

For many companies they only want a head-and shoulders shot to be used on a website.  Some people have written a book and want a nice image for the cover. This lovely lady wanted to show a bit more of who she is and show her class and sophistication but still come forth as professional and dynamic.

Yolandi Jacobsz

We  welcome the times when our families come to visit us for their special shoots. Usually little kids are involved who sometimes just have the darndest things to say. You can see why their parents are completely in love with them, and want to have those little faces captured forever.

It’s a job I enjoy with everything I am, because I get to be focused while I work in post-production on our clients’ images, making them amazing and keeping to the standard people have come to expect from the studio, but when I get to work with the actual people who made those images happen, I fall in love all over again with the reason this was chosen for me in the first place.

With portraiture, the main goal is basically to make the bond that family members share, visible, and it doesn’t take a big kid who can already hug and kiss properly to show, it could take this little amazing baby who gives great heart-warming kisses as well.

Yolandi Jacobsz

On Location Photography In Cape Town

I have always loved and adored Johannesburg, Johannesburg’s hustle and bustle fully works with my own rhythm and I love being here during the great seasons it gets to go through a year.

But one other place I fully feel at home is when I get to go to Bloubergstrand, in Cape Town.

Other that the yellowish sand of the Natal coast, Blouberg has silver, light sand that is very velvety and a beach you could stare at for hours. It’s a view you can’t get sick of in millions of lifetimes, with the wonderful majestic mountain on your left hand side, and Robben Island straight ahead.

And even though is seems as if all of the Cape’s winds come together right in Blouberg to blow you away, the community adapts and it’s right there and then that the free spirited people pull out their hair ties, and wakeboards to take on the surf.

On location photography is always fun, a whole new set of rules apply. You are more subjective to what nature offers you, than what you get to control in the studio.

But once you’re hooked, you would want to experience more of that thrill of capturing beautiful images with natural colours and light.

Using Light and Lines In Boudoir Photography

Photographers think about light in much the same way as little kids think about Christmas.

When we see the light getting rich and deep outside, when it’s the time of day for the sun to almost disappear, we just start daydreaming about all of the amazing images we could capture in all of that magic light. We’re so very fortunate to not have to pay for natural light, because something so pure is priceless, and you just have to know your way around to understand what it can offer you.

In the studio we get to manipulate light to a degree, because we shift and move the light stand wherever we need it to be. Every different position provides something different, and will have a different effect on the subject’s shape.  The human shape, and in particularly the female body, is so distinctive in its curves and round lines that it’s very easy to understand why artists can’t get enough of it, ever.

I always love highlighting the amazing bits and parts, and I recently told this lovely lady she can be very proud of herself because she showed her inner self, and her inner beauty come through in her boudoir shoot, making for a beautiful, striking effect.

Here are a couple of good examples of using light and lines to emphasize the models inner beauty taken during a recent boudoir photography shoot at our studio in Johannesburg.

Events are usually held to celebrated certain milestones – many companies have functions all through-out the year, to award staff for prestige or great production, or to just recollect the year that was, and have a function bring everything that has happened together, having people dress up a bit, and feel fancy and special for one evening of great company.

We are very active and busy at events, because many things are happening, and we go around and capture all little and big things. We know time and effort was spent to have décor and details look good, and we capture those with care, we know speeches are important, and make to capture the speakers as they speak, we know the handing over of awards are important and make sure to get those moments, s people had work hard to get those achievements. We are sensitive to the whole event’s happenings, as we want to hand you a well-polished product that was shot and processed with care, and not done unprofessionally.

Use our studio as the best choice for your next event- or function’s photography, as we will make sure to go with the groove of your event, and capture all the things you took the time to plan, and make it special.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labsuchagne

Professional event photographers in Johannesburg